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May the best logo win
The battle for the presidency may have as much to do with fonts, flags and sunrises as healthcare plans and war stances.
The truth about "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Family and friends of Jean-Dominique Bauby speak out about how Julian Schnabel's Oscar-nominated film honors and defames Bauby's real story.
The quest for the perfect game face
Video game designers are racing to create characters that feel real. Now, if they could only turn digital figures into flesh and blood.
Happy ending for writers
Once upon a time there were film and TV writers who were getting screwed over by the suits. Thanks to the outcome of the WGA strike, those days are over.
And they're auf!
"Project Runway" designers march their designs -- feathers! fringe! Oprah-worthy pronouncements -- down the catwalk at Fashion Week. Who will take the prize?
Alice in Fashionland
Love-starved reality TV stars! Food-starved baby-faced models! Clothes that starve the imagination! A first foray into New York Fashion Week.
Hot off "The Wire"
Join Salon staff as we discuss Episode 5 of "The Wire"
The year in celebrity scandal
From attention-seeking celebrities to roving nut jobs with automatic weapons to the self-deluded editors of mean-spirited gossip rags, this is the year that media-savvy lunatics took over the asylum.
Flirting with disaster
Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her?
Their favorite things
Writers, filmmakers and other notable figures tip us off to the stuff that most excited them this year.
Time to buy a Warhol
With financial markets weakening, VIP collectors take their investment dollars to Basel Miami -- the nation's primo art fair -- to shop, shop, shop!
The Salon Gift Guide
Perfect presents for everyone on your holiday list, selected by our editors.
Who wants to be a millionaire -- on strike?
A TV quiz show writer explains why the current strike is hardly a trivial pursuit.
Sexiest Man Living 2007
Because there's more to life than pretty boys ... Salon picks the 26 men who really drive us mad.
The table at Orso
On the eve of the Broadway debut of "Young Frankenstein," director Paul Mazursky celebrates Mel Brooks and their weekly lunch group of old-school Hollywood veterans.
Chicks behind the flicks
Ten of Hollywood's most powerful women sit down to discuss the state of the movie business -- why there aren't more female directors, why blowing things up is fun, and more.
"Smooth as old satin"
Jay Leno, Della Reese, Mike Douglas, Miles Davis, Betty White and others on their impressions of Merv Griffin, the late talk show host, game show producer and mogul.
For Harry Potter fans about to rock, we salute you
A global network of Potter-influenced bands inspired kids like 8-year-old Darius to make their own wizard rock. Will fans keep the music alive?
Impressions of Paris' last night in jail
Deranged fans, enraged protesters and garden-variety rubbernecks converge for one big release.
"The Sopranos" goes dark
David Chase gives fans the finale they deserve -- one they can argue about for years to come.
Tales of the other Tony
While you were watching "The Sopranos," Broadway threw itself a big party ... well, maybe not that big.
Paris isn't free -- and neither are we
Paris Hilton's strange celebrity hits a new nadir after Friday's chaotic perp walk. Will we ever be free from her now?
"The Sopranos" prediction pool
Who will survive the big finale? Jonathan Ames, Berkeley Breathed, Jennifer Egan, Daniel Handler, Heather Havrilesky, Erica Jong, Laura Lippman, Frank Rich and others weigh in.
Give my petards to Broadway
Why more people will be watching "The Sopranos" than the Tonys on Sunday night.
Politics as unusual?
The Broadway season was surprisingly rich in idea-driven, civic-minded plays, but don't call it a rebirth of political theater.
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